Den Nye Statsråden Har Arvet en Byggeplass
On the trap of infrastructure investment and the resulting carrying cost of that borrowed money, on top the operating cost of maintaining the new infrastructure, leaving no capacity to improve in the future at the EOL of the new refurbished whatever. This is entropy plus encumbrance like barnacles on a ship
Aka as stressed that the debt service is
... See moreIn the middle of the desert in Saudi Arabia right now, someone is probably thinking, “Maybe a 105-mile-long skyscraper wasn’t the best idea.”
They might be right. Neom, Saudi Arabia’s planned futuristic mega-development, is hitting some bumps on its road to completion. Engineers, architects, and executives face mounting costs and impossible tasks tr... See more
They might be right. Neom, Saudi Arabia’s planned futuristic mega-development, is hitting some bumps on its road to completion. Engineers, architects, and executives face mounting costs and impossible tasks tr... See more
☕ TikTok vs. Uncle Sam
Das ist das Problem mit den an sich begrüßenswerten 500 Milliarden für eine Infrastruktur, die man jahrzehntelang und quer durch fast alle Parteien vernachlässigt hat. Es gibt nämlich erstens Tausende Brösel-Brücken in Deutschland. Und zweitens fehlt nicht allein das Geld, sondern vor allem ein anderes Planungsverständnis. Es fehlt eine moderne, ag... See more
Gerhard Matzig • Sondervermögen für Infrastruktur: Marode in Germany
Construction is a $10T industry with several very big problems. As an industry, it consumes the greatest amount of resources and energy and contributes the largest amount of waste. We build everything as if it's unique, have unacceptable worker injury/fatality rates and collect sparse data.
Sarah Guo • Location, location, location (data)
When a new Aquarium was finally built, the cost of its construction had risen to $10,000,000—and every cent was paid by the city, so that satisfying Moses’ private grudge with the reformers cost the city’s taxpayers $11,000,000.